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7-3.4
Industrial Revolution
Term | Definition |
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Industrialism | a system based on the use of machines rather than on animal or human power |
Agricultural Revolution | advances in farming |
Enclosure Movement | Parliament allowed large land owners to fence off common lands |
Crop Rotation | rotating crops on three fields instead of two |
Textile Technologies | flying shuttle, spinning jenny, steam engine |
Urbanization | the movement of people from rural areas to cities |
Cottage Industry | where merchants went from cottage to cottage to get needed materials |
Factory System | a method of production that brought machines and workers together in one place |
Socialism | a system where society (the gov't) should own and control the means of production (factories, land, capital ($), raw materials) |
Proletariat | the "have-nots", or the workers |
Bourgeoisie | the "haves", or the owners |
Laissez-faire | System in which businesses and consumers operate without gov't interference |
Labor union | To promote better working conditions and pay for industrial workers |